Wooden DMC build - Printable Version

Wooden DMC build - Printable Version

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Re: Wooden DMC build - silverlux - 24 Jul 2013

drawing

painting

covered with clear plastic for protection and test fitted

edges sealed

rear bumper in progress

Re: Wooden DMC build - silverlux - 25 Jul 2013

preparing space on bumper to carve DeLorean letters

first letter done

all letters carved with paper knife

filled with white paint

turned out well for a first try

Re: Wooden DMC build - RobScott - 25 Jul 2013

flipping heck fella! its really coming along! Big Grin

Re: Wooden DMC build - silverlux - 25 Jul 2013

RobScott Wrote:flipping heck fella! its really coming along!

I know man, crazy stuff Big Grin

Re: Wooden DMC build - RobScott - 26 Jul 2013

I'm used to working with metal and fibreglass, i could never ever imagine to get that sort of finish with wood.

Re: Wooden DMC build - silverlux - 26 Jul 2013

RobScott Wrote:I'm used to working with metal and fibreglass, i could never ever imagine to get that sort of finish with wood.

Cheers Rob, still long way to go till actual finish on the outside

Re: Wooden DMC build - Rich H - 26 Jul 2013

I really wish I had the patience and the skill to make something like that

I am more impressed with the level of detail and accuracy of the model with every posting

Love the photos, keep 'em coming! Big Grin

Re: Wooden DMC build - silverlux - 16 Oct 2013

have this order to finish Smile

in meantime back on DMC and starting to work with few tiny wood pieces

pine wood for rear lights and red mahogany for the rest

all pieces in place, quality of image is not great as I'm shooting with my phone, my other camera broke down
there is 3 different wood colors to imitate lights

wood splitters glued individually between wood pieces(lights)

one side sanded down and done, other to go

job done on lights and surrounding area

Re: Wooden DMC build - bjbrownie - 16 Oct 2013

There's more work been put into this little DMC than Lotus put into theirs! :lol:

Re: Wooden DMC build - silverlux - 16 Oct 2013

bjbrownie Wrote:There's more work been put into this little DMC than Lotus put into theirs! :lol:

absolutely, because Lotus don't make cars from wood Big Grin

thanks for comment mate Wink

Re: Wooden DMC build - silverlux - 16 Oct 2013

time to finish rear bumper pieces

next piece

Rear Louvre and engine cover - silverlux - 21 Oct 2013

time to put together rear pure wooden Louvre Smile

putting in place parts for frame

sides for frame in place, all other parts can go in

all in and sanded, time to cut some holes

holes cut and sanded, time to put in some detail

all in place and sanded down

now starting with engine cover, first pieces glued together

sanded down and test fitted

sides added

looking good altogether, need to add few more bits on that engine cover next time

fenders,wheels and chassis - silverlux - 09 Nov 2013

Decided to do some work on fenders to give more look to the car
so shape cut out of pine wood as it is soft, flexible and perfect for the job

glued in place

and sanded

the rest of fenders done as well, looking good, need to shape a bit more when wheels will be in place

next, will try to make wheels now, center pieces will go in sometime after

as I don't have lathe wood turning thing improvising with my DREMEL tool, carving is even done without support stand, everything done by free hand in air with very tiny carving tool

pay attention to wheel, looking good

only 2 turned out well as other two has to be wider and a bit bigger for the back

so, tried to come up with chassis that would be similar to real car. It would be easier to make normal one as for all cars, but felt right to make
one as close as possible to real one....this was my first try
rough plan drawn up

now, this is what I achieved

wasn't happy with it, so destroyed it after 2 days work
this is how first attempt ended

so second attempt, printed out best available real chassis 3d guide

drawn up to match woodie dmc scale and cut out

started with this piece of mahogany block

center piece done

front side part getting ready, few more wood strips glued in for extra strength

front done, end parts needs to go on as well

rear part of chassis coming together

chassis strength parts done, now need to free up some space for it

once tunnel for chassis made under car body, proceeded further detailing chassis at he rear end
made up middle part and other elements, added wheels to see how it looks together

Re: Wooden DMC build - Chris Williams - 09 Nov 2013

WOW!

Re: Wooden DMC build - Rich H - 09 Nov 2013

Amazing! Shock